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How to Win Kennen vs Leona Counter MatchupKennen is in the b tier of champions

Kennen vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Kennen in LoLKennen is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Kennen

based on 1,468 Kennen vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of rated LoL games that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Leona as Kennen came out of an analysis of 1468 ranked matches where both champions engaged one another. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Kennen fights Leona in only 3.6% of his matches.

Kennen vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kennen has done a awful job of countering Leona. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.8% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Kennen versus Leona games, Kennen’s side is 0.2% less probable to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Leona.

Best Kennen vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeAether Wisp

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapHextech RocketbeltStormsurge

Optional Items

Void StaffZhonya's HourglassShadowflameLich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kennen to level upq
>
Second ability for Kennen to level upw
>
Last skill for Kennen to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceScorch
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Kennen's passive ability p
Kennen's q ability q
Kennen's w ability w
Kennen's e ability e
Kennen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Leona as Kennen

Tips for Playing as Kennen against Leona

You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.

Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.

You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.

Advice to Win Against Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Kennen vs Leona Counter Stats

Kennen Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Leona Image
6.1
< Kills >
2.1
6.3
< Deaths >
6.2
7
< Assists >
14.3
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
0.39
158
< Minions Killed >
32
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,998
< Physical Damage >
2,796
20,876
< Magic Damage >
6,771
680
< True Damage >
977
23,555
< Damage Dealt >
10,545
22,125
< Damage Taken >
23,656
11,345
< Gold Earned >
8,751
1.97
< Towers >
1.62
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,875
< Total Healing >
2,799
14,420
< Experience >
10,769
19
< Vision Score >
57
9
< Wards Placed >
25
75
< Time Dealing CC >
226

How to Counter Leona with Kennen in LoL

The stats shown here show some strategic Kennen versus Leona matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Leona’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Kennen usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Leona. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kennen and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Kennen
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kennen
Leona

Who is Better, Kennen or Leona?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually loses when taking on Leona, with a 46.8% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes a bad counter to Leona.

While Kennen does have a lower winrate than Leona, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kennen into Leona.

Furthermore, Kennen has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Kennen is a trash counter to Leona. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kennen against Leona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kennen

Kennen Loses Against

SkarnerSkarner41.3% winrateNasusNasus42.2% winratePoppyPoppy42.9% winrateZyraZyra43.3% winrate

Kennen Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.1% winrateRenektonRenekton56.2% winrateYuumiYuumi56.1% winrateZeriZeri54.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Kennen Players

How We Calculated Our Kennen vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Kennen, we analyzed 1,468 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Leona as Kennen comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to counter Leona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kennen often gets much more CS as Leona. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Kennen versus Leona build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Leona than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 46.8% when countering Leona with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Leona as Kennen, you should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Kennen vs Leona LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Leona as Kennen are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.